Brickmaking plant.



PATENTED MAR. l2, 1907.

H. H. WALSH. BRICKMAKING PLANT.

APPLIGATION FILED ooT.s. 1906.

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No. 846,536. 4:HATHHTHD MAH. 12, 1907.

H. H. WALSH.

BHIGKMA'KING PLANT.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.8, 1906.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Iii'aTENT OFFICE.

` HIRAM H.. WALSH, or LITTLE FERRY', NEW JERSEY'.

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To @Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM H. WALSH, a citizen of the United States,vresiding in Little Ferry, county of Bergen, Stateof New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brickmaking Plants; andyI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in theart-to which itappertains to make and use the same,

" reference' beingv had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which` form a part ofv this specification.

My invention relates i to brick -making plants. f

Itis commonly.` thecustom to fill themolds whereby the bricks are shapedat a point more or less removedfrom the dry-house and to then convey thecharged molds to the dry-house by means, such as van endless conveye,which has so far required more or less manual handling'of the molds.

'M object is to avoid entirely this manual .han ling of the brick,entailing, as it does, the employment of men especially for`.that

purpose, Waste of time, and other disadvantages; and-I-accomplish thisobject by employing a mechanism which serves both to shape the bricksand convey. them to the drier, Where, as is preferable', they arereceived by anendless conveyer, which carries them through the drier.One adaptation'of my invention is fully illustrated ina the accompanyingdrawings,` wherei n-'`` Figure 1 isa view, artly in side elevation andpartly longitu 'nal section, of my inventlon. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe vlefthand end portionof Fig. 1. Fig.` 3 is va vertical sectionalview taken inv a plane shaft journaled horizonta through a press, whichmay be used ornot,

according to the kind of brick 'being made; and Fig. 4 illustrates adetail. 1

In the drawings,` a is a dry-house, and b a ly in suitable bearings candcarrying a drum daround which and a similar drum (not shown) eX- tendsan endless conveyer, which com rises endless cables e and elongatedplates carried by said cables and forming su ports by which the bricksare carried throng the dryhouse.`

The foregoing forms a part of an improved brick-making plant, which Ihave described and `claimed in my copending applicatonyvISpeccaton'ofLette-arsl Patent. applicati@ siga cantar s, 1906. seraiNo. 337,888.

sheaves g, which are mounted on the s vclai thereto per se herein.'

. Aikned h parallel foundation-'walls g, which support by two girder'sfi,- to which are bolted the legs 7c of guide-frames l, arranged side bysideV and having grooves m on their inside faces,

series of yplates is carried by' polygonal each side of each-sheavebeingsubstantially of the same dimension as the Width of each lacespartitions or walls l1, which extend transversely of said platesandwhichmay be cast as an integral part ofthe corresponding as 'thesheavesrotate, and so advance them, ride in the up er stretch of theseries on the top surfaces o the guide-frames'l, which surfaces aresubstantially horizontal throu hout plates are so linked together thatwhen they are alined with 'each other-Ji. e., when they are riding onthe tops of the ide-'frames Z abut end to end, as indicated at sin-liig.` 4. The space between each two Walls 1 isadapted to receive thematerial to form a single brick. I have shown the walls r so dis osedPatented marga 12,1907. z

Serial No.' 298,941. I. therefore make noy the dry-house are two`spacedthey vare slightly spaced.4 T e Walls 1*, how-.- ever, are soformed that Aat this time theyv v'6o I earings h, in which are journaledparallelhorizontal shafts fi. Said walls' are spanned a continuous orendless series. Such'endless late n; The plates have onftheir top s ur-Aplates if the latter are `of metal.- The plates vexce t at their ends,Where they tip ownwar ly, the same as ,the grooves m. The

on the lplates that .the length of each rick will be crosswise of thelate, though ofcourse this is not essential.- ing the bricks may befedfonto the plates and pressed into the molds from a suitable dis-'charge t by a plunger f', which are arranged over the a paratus withthemouth of the -discharge c ose t0 the plane marking the to s of thewalls r as the plates n ride over t e guide-'frames Z. This discharge isof course as wide as the plates are long, so that it will fill all thecompartments formed by the walls 1 While the series of plates are beingadvanced lby the sheaves g.

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he material for form- In the foregoin provision is4 made for dividingthe bricks Imm eachother longitudi# nally. In order'to divide the bricksfrom each other laterally and yet rovide for removing them from theirmol s, so that they may be passed onto the dry-house conveyer, alreadydescribed, I construct the walls which are to se arate the brickslaterally so as to be movable out of the wa for the bricks to be slid Hthe i lates n Ibngitudinall `ofthe apparatus. he last-mentioned Wallisr11, are arranged to project through-the spaces between the platesv lnland be movable t erein'inwardly and outwardly with referyence to theshafts/i,l rising high enough to bring their upper edges flush with theupper edgesoflthe walls 1 and falling at least so far as to bring theirupper'edgesflush with the tops of the lates vThere are as many of theAwalls) 'a aterally `as there are spaces be4v tween" the walls 1,arid'they are ke t constantly spaced from each other by t e pro-.jecting portions s of the walls'r or at least 'the which run in the i cthe p house conve er. kThe plates l are of metallower corners e of saidprojections,I when ny .two plates are fie-Xing. Each transverse sel riesof walls u -is strung on a shaft w,.which ma carry at its endsantifriction-rolls grooves m ofthe guide'- plates Z.

- y is a shaft which extends across the end of the dry-house conveyeradjoining the a paratus above described, being supporte on.r standardsz, and on this shaft are pivoted in'- 'clined plates l, which rest attheirree ends on the plates 'n insujch manner that as the sef ries ofplates n advances the bricks to be discharged from the latter are wipedoi'i` onto ates vl and slide by gravity onto the dryand may be ept wet,-so that the bricks Awill move freely down the same.

In order that thev bricks may be free to leave the plates 'n and slidedown the plates l,

the adjacent end portions of the ooves 'm of the 'de-frames. aredeflected ownwardly,

as a ready stated, as at 2',. in such manner that the rollers a: asthey'follo'w the grooves 6o v and ared or widened, as'at 4, suilicientlyso asV m at this point will draw the walls u down out of the yway. Whenthe walls fu, have ad- .vanced far enough so as'to clear the ends of thelplates Z, they must be again projected relatively upwardly between theplates n, and in order to effect this the grooves m are turned off inthe other direction, as at 3, sufcientlyfar so that the rooves willcontinue to act to' move the wa su up' between the plates n until saidwalls have passed the hori-` avity will completey vzont'al, whereuponltheir movement in this direction. i The other ends of the grooves m areturned downwardly to 'insure the 'rollers entering the grooves Itlshould be remarked that the yadjacent edges ofthe plates 'narepreferably flat, as at 5, so that while they are riding over theguideframes Z the will keep the walls u firmly in their verticapositions.

I may emp paratus al means for compressing the bricks after they are fedinto the molds. a To this end 6 designates uprights in which are jouroyin' connection with apf naled4 shafts 7 carrying face-plates 8, on

which are crank-pins 9, connected by links `10 with bearings 11 on aplunger-12. The plunger 12 may carry blocks 13, arranged over the pathsof the molds. l The plunger is guided between the u rights 6 andcheekpieces 14 jon. the u ri ts. v Motion maybe imparted to the s a ts 7by chains `(not shown) shafts 7.

passing over sprockets 15 on` the' Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 'A 1. Acombined endless conveyer and shap-l ing or molding apparatus comprisinga series of linked plates-forming the bottom wall of' the molds', lotherwalls thereon `extending v longitudinally thereof' to form' two opposedsidesY to eachmold or compartment, and transversely-extending wallsmovableV in and outof the plane of the longitudinally-extendin walls,inplanes coincident'with where said plates break joints'substantially asdescribed. .1

2. A combined endless conveyer and shaping or molding apparatuscomprising a series .of' linked plates forming the bottom wall'of themolds, other walls thereon extending longitudinally thereof to form twoopposed sides to each mold or compartment, and

'transversely-extendin walls movable in and out of the plane of theongitudinally-extendvin Walls, in planescoincident with where saidplates break joints in combination with means -for advancingl saidapparatus and means for movin the' movable walls, sub# stantially asdescribed.

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3. A combined endless conveyer andshaping or molding apparatuscomprising 'a series of linked plates forming the bottom-wall of themolds, other walls thereon extending longitudinally` thereof to form,ytwozopposed sides to each mold or compartment, andtransversely-extending walls movable in and `out of the plane of thelongitudinallyeirtending walls, in planes coincident with,where saidplates break joints in combination with means for; advancing saidapparatus, means for movin the movable walls and means for effecting t eremoval of the contents of the` charged molds upon the withdrawal of themovable walls, substantially as described.

4. A'combined endless conveyerand shaping or molding apparatus.comprising series of linked plates forming the bottom wall of the moldsand other walls arranged to forni opposed sides to each mold orcompartment,

.said other walls being movable in planes coincident with where saidplates break IIO joints out of operative juxtaposition to said series ofplates'to leave the contents of said molds clear of saidWalls,substantially as described.

, 5. A combined endless conveyer and shaping or molding apparatuscomprising series of linked plates forming the bottom wall of the moldsand other Walls arranged to form opposed sides to each mold orcompartment, saidA other walls being movable in planes coincident withWhere said plates break joints out of operative juxtaposition to saidseries of plates to leave the contents of said molds clear of saidWalls, in combination with means for receiving the contents of thecharged molds 4arranged in operative prox l imity tossaid flexible body,substantially as described.

6. .1A combined endless conveyer and shaping' )br molding apparatuscomprising the. flexible body portion forming the bottom wall of themolds and other Walls arranged to' form opposed sides to each mold orclom- 1 partment, said other walls being movable out' of operativejuxtaposition to said body'poi-, tion to leave the contents of saidmolds clear ol' said Walls, in combination with a plate resting at oneend on the flexible `body portion of said apparatusin alinement with themolds, substantially as described.

7. A combined endlessconveyerand shapi ing or vmolding apparatuscomprising a series` ol spaced linked plates forming the bottom Wall ofthe molds, and other Walls arranged means for effecting the movement ofsaid other walls, substantially as described.

8. A combined Yendless conveyer and shaping or molding apparatusvbcomprismg the flexible'body portion forming the bottom wall of themolds, saidbody portion having transverse openings therethrough andother Walls arranged to move relatively vertically said openings, incombination with grooved guides operatively engaged by and adapted tomove said other Walls, substantially as described. c

v9. A combined endless conveyer and shaping or molding apparatuscomprising the flexible body portion forming the bottom .Wall of themolds and other walls arranged to lorm opposed side walls of the molds,said other walls being movable out of operative juxtaposition to saidexible body to leave the contents of said molds clear of said walls, 1ncombination with an inclined plate having' its higher` end restingon'said body portion, substantially as described.

In `testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereiuito set lmy handthis 5th dayT ot October, 1906.

v IIIRAM HQWALSII. Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, Y WM. D. BELL.

